> By way of a diversion, I recently picked up a lot of 5 keyboards on
> eBay. four were SE vintage. One is peculiar. It's an Apple Keyboard II
> (Family Number M0487, Copyright 1991, Made in Mexico). It is in brand
> new condition. No dirt, no yellowing, no scratches, no wear.
>
> Outwardly, it looks identical to a Malaysian one I have but the keys are
> quite different. Most keys are marked with large non-italicized block
> letters and numbers. The delete key is bright yellow and marked "Erase".
> The Return key is bright green and marked "Enter". The ~/` , +/= , tab,
> {/[ , }/] , control, option, command and esc., keys are all blank! The
> |/\ key is marked "Next Line". Above the "2" key, instead of @, is a
> black heart. Nothing looks at all like it has been modified. This new
> condition keyboard came this way originally. All of the keys do what
> they do on a standard keyboard. The wiring is the same.
>
> What is this thing?
I saw a keyboard exactly like that several months ago, at a used computer
store in a nearby city, and I posted about it to this list (either this one
or compact.macs) I wasn't able to buy the keyboard because the people at the
store refused to sell it without a Mac attached to it, and all their
machines were grossly over-priced. The response I got from the list was that
some company had these keyboards specially modified for them. Why...?
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